Moon Knight - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 19 Sep 2024 01:50:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Moon Knight - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Our EXCLUSIVE preview of Phases of the Moon Knight #2 has us thinking about Moon Squire https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/19/phases-moon-knight-2-preview/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50232 Once again, Marvel has sent us a Moon Knight preview, and once again, we aren’t reading Moon Knight so we have no idea what to say about it. But here’s a question: What’s the deal with Moon Squire, that kid who’s going to be in Marvel’s New Champions? Nevermind the fact that Marvel has decided...

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]]> 50232 What to read to get to know 3 of the incoming X-Men writers https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/24/jed-mackay-gail-simone-eve-ewing/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49219 As of this month’s X-Men #35, Krakoa has magically blipped out of this plane of existence, like Poochy returning to his home planet. The Great Reset button has been hit. Kieron Gillen is gone. Al Ewing is gone. Gerry Duggan is gone. Apart from some Blood Hunt tie-ins and Steve Foxe and Netho Diaz’s Heir...

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]]> 49219 Vampire respectability politics in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Vengeance of the Moon Knight #6 https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/20/vengeance-moon-knight-6-preview/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49309 Marvel’s Blood Hunt is a story about vampires using magic to block out the sun so they can feast endlessly on the world and its inhabitants. But did you know there are good vampires, too? Ones who have fought to control their thirst for human blood and are attempting to use their experiences to fight...

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]]> 49309 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 300: Jed MacKay on Blood Hunt, X-Men and more https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/23/tcxfip-300-jed-mackay/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48652 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Episode 300: Jed MacKay on Blood Hunt, X-Men and more For the big, round, 300th episode of the podcast formerly known as WMQ&A, writer Jed MacKay joins the show to talk about Marvel’s summer Blood Hunt event, his upcoming run on X-Men and much more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview...

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]]> 48652 Fall of the House of X kicks off the new year and our Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/03/staff-picks-jan-3/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47564 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Rasmus’ pick: Fall of the House of X #1: Mutantkind has never had a greater fall. Outlawed, hunted, killed, most of their kind missing or dead, and now, one of their greatest leaders, Cyclops, is...

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]]> 47564 Comics are still good: Presenting ComicsXF’s Top Comics of 2023 https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/28/best-comics-of-2023/ Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47540 This year wound down with a new wave of “comics are dying” discourse that proves how insular its fandom is, how it doesn’t consider larger economic factors like inflation and what other industries are struggling as people make decisions based on their disposable income. Yes, readers are aging out of the medium, and that affects...

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]]> 47540 Black Spectre triumphant in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Moon Knight #30 https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/07/moon-knight-30-preview/ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47370 Hmm. Moon Knight, huh? Gonna be honest, I have no idea what to say here. It is my understanding from smart people that Jed MacKay and Alessandro Cappuccio’s run has been well received. And that while this is the final issue of this volume of Moon Knight, MacKay and Cappuccio will return next month with...

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]]> 47370 The Robins Have Nightmares in This Week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/12/the-robins-have-nightmares-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45947 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: Knight Terrors: Robin #1: When two Bat-brothers get taken into the Nightmare Realm, Jason Todd and Tim Drake must fight their worst fears and each other as they’re forced to relive the darkest...

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]]> 45947 Balance in All Things in Moon Knight Episode 5 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/28/balance-in-all-things-in-moon-knight-episode-5/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40374 Are Marc Spector and Steven Grant stuck in the afterlife, forced to relive their memories in an attempt to become whole and balance the scales? Or has Marc truly imagined everything, and is really a man coming to grips with his delusions in a psych ward? Wherever the answers lie, they’re all dwarfed by the...

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]]> 40374 Let’s Go a Little Off Kilter in Moon Knight Episode 4 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/25/lets-go-a-little-off-kilter-in-moon-knight-episode-4/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40308 Khonshu’s rewound the sky, Steven’s deciphered the clues, and Marc and Layla have punched nearly everyone who’s gotten in their way. There’s only one thing left to do: race through the final resting place of the goddess of Ammit to find the statue holding her prisoner. That’s right — it’s a tomb raiding episode. Pack...

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]]> 40308 WMQ&A Episode 206: Caught in a Time Loop with Ibrahim Moustafa https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/19/wmqa-episode-206-caught-in-a-time-loop-with-ibrahim-moustafa/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40154 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 206: Caught in a Time Loop with Ibrahim Moustafa Writer/artist/custom toy builder Ibrahim Moustafa joins the show to talk about his new Humanoids graphic novel Retroactive. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You can...

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]]> 40154 The Gods Have Forsaken Marc in Moon Knight Episode 3 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/18/the-gods-have-forsaken-marc-in-moon-knight-episode-3/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40158 Arthur Harrow’s got the upper hand, and in that hand, the scarab. The release of the goddess Ammit, and the deaths of millions who will be judged unworthy for crimes they haven’t yet committed, is nigh. The minds that make up Moon Knight are running through Cairo, trying to track Harrow down, but his trail’s...

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]]> 40158 The Mr. Knight of it All in Moon Knight Episode 2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/08/the-mr-knight-of-it-all-in-moon-knight-episode-2/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39992 Steven Grant is slowly, but steadily, starting to get some answers about the voices in his head, and the life they’ve been living with his body. As the mystery unravels, Grant may come to wish he’d never found out about anything in the first place—but first he has to deal with the woman calling herself...

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]]> 39992 Moon Knight #10 Highlights The Gutter In Quality Between Comics & The MCU https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/04/moon-knight-10-gutter-between-panel-and-screen/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39683 On the day of Moon Knight #10’s publication, the second episode of the Disney+ show will air. The first episode introduced one of superhero comics’ most bizarre and fascinating characters to a massive audience. Many of Marvel’s recent movie offerings feel the need to acknowledge directly how silly its subject matter is, apologize for it,...

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]]> 39683 Losing Time in Moon Knight Episode #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/31/losing-time-in-moon-knight-episode-1/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39480 Steve Grant is a man who lives in terror of what happens if he closes his eyes for a moment too long. Sometimes, it seems he ends up sleepwalking. Other times, it finds him in towns he does not recognize, blinking in and out of brutal violence he is not equipped to handle, with blank...

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]]> 39480 All We Hear Is Radio Apocalypse, Some Robins and the Rest of Our Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/15/all-we-hear-is-radio-apocalypse-some-robins-and-the-rest-of-our-staff-picks/ Mon, 15 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35253 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ari’s Pick: Radio Apocalypse #1: Long after the rock out of space struck the world and turned it all to dust, in Bakerstown stands the last radio station on the planet. Radio Apocalypse broadcasts into...

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]]> 35253 Most of Our Panels of the Week Are from X-Men #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/28/most-of-our-panels-of-the-week-are-from-x-men-3/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34097 Surprising perhaps no one, the site formerly known as Xavier Files has gone all in on X-Men in this week’s Panels of the Week — but that’s not all we enjoyed from this week’s offerings! What’s It Do? Andrea Ayres’ pick comes from the X-tremely popular X-Men #3. “It’s such a fun moment that communicates...

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]]> 34097 Onslaught, Miracle Molly, Aquaman and More Staff Picks for Sept. 22 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/20/onslaught-miracle-molly-aquaman-and-more-staff-picks-for-sept-22/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33841 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1: Si Spurrier and Bob Quinn wrap up their Way of X story with a one-shot confrontation with that most ’90s of convoluted X-villains, Onslaught. ($4.99) Previously, in Way...

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]]> 33841 Magneto’s on Trial. Again. In Our Staff Picks for Aug. 18 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/16/magnetos-on-trial-again-in-our-staff-picks-for-aug-18/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32687 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s Pick: Trial of Magneto #1: The Pretender Wanda Maximoff is dead, and all suspicions lead to Magneto. So it’s probably not him, right? RIGHT?! Written by Leah Williams and drawn by Lucas Werneck. ($4.99)...

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]]> 32687 Superman Gets Some Shady Friends, Moon Knight’s Back and More Staff Picks for July 21 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/19/superman-gets-some-shady-friends-moon-knights-back-and-more-staff-picks-for-july-21/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31201 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Superman and the Authority #1: Now that Jonathan Kent is doing his share of Superman-ing, Kal-El needs something else to do. How about getting a dope new costume and man-in-the-chairing the Authority? Grant...

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]]> 31201 Interview: Jed MacKay Chats Marvel With Black Cat, Moon Knight and More https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/01/interview-jed-mackay-chats-marvel-with-black-cat-moon-knight-and-more/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28760 Zoe Tunnell: With the announcement of your new Moon Knight ongoing alongside Black Cat and the Infinite Destinies crossover you’re heavily involved in it feels like a bit of a moment for you as a writer with Marvel! How do you feel about your metaphorical time in the spotlight? Jed MacKay: It’s kind of weird-...

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